North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center

R-Shiny App to Project Daily Snowfall and Rainfall

The NC CASC Climate Science Support Platform has developed a new R-Shiny app to quantify daily snowfall and rainfall quantities from total daily precipitation data in both observations (gridMET) and future projections (MACAv2-METDATA). Often the observed and projected precipitation data do not distinguish between snowfall and rainfall. Based on our best current understanding, this new application uses relationship between the phase of precipitation and the temperature and relative humidity metrics to quantify proportion of daily precipitation falling as rainfall or snowfall.

Dr. Christy Miller-Hesed to Co-facilitate "Climate Change and Climate Adaptation Training for Grasslands Conservation Practitioners"

North American grasslands are a regional priority of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The South Central CASC, in partnership with the US FWS Science Applications Program, the Northwest CASC, and the North Central CASC, will be implementing a training series for grasslands conservation practitioners starting in May 2022. Through our training series, we will introduce practitioners to the science of climate change, explore the impacts, and discuss adaptation options available.

ESA Announces Emerging Indigenous Scholar Leadership Award

WCS Co-authors Study on Climate Adaptation

NC CASC consortium partner, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has co-authored a study on climate adaptation, "Strengthening monitoring and evaluation of multiple benefits in conservation initiatives that aim to foster climate change adaptation".

NC RISCC Network Share First Management Challenge: " Invasive Grass-Fire Cycle in the North Central US"

The North Central Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Network, NC RISCC, has shared its first Management Challenge, " Invasive Grass-Fire Cycle in the North Central US".

Brian Miller to Co-present "Scenario Planning as a Climate Change Adaptation Tool" webinar

NC CASC/USGS Research Ecologist Brian Miller, Gregor Schuurman, NPS Climate Change Response Program and Amy Symstad, USGS will co-present "Scenario Planning as a Climate Change Adaptation Tool" as part of the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Monthly Webinars:

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
3:00 pm EDT / 2:00 pm CDT / 1:00 pm MDT / 12:00 pm PDT

Recent paper by Christy Miller-Hesed Explores Cultural Knowledge and Goals for Environmental Monitoring

NC CASC Research Associate Christy Miller-Hesed is co-author on a recent publication, Identifying and harmonizing the priorities of stakeholders in the Chesapeake Bay environmental monitoring community, in Current Research in Environmental Sustainability.

Recent NC CASC Publications

NC CASC Webinar Series: Identifying Potential Landscapes for Conservation Across the Central Grasslands of North America: Integrating Keystone Species, Land Use, and Climate Change

Please join us for our next NC CASC Webinar Series webinar: Identifying Potential Landscapes for Conservation Across the Central Grasslands of North America: Integrating Keystone Species, Land Use, and Climate Change

Presented by: Ana Davidson, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University

When: Thursday, May 12, 2022, 11a -12p MDT

When

Presented by: Ana Davidson, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University Registration link: Please register in advance for this meeting: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEodeyhrTMpGdVrVGZ622sNwK_vf8vOq9Kw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the meeting. Abstract: Our team is developing a large-scale collaborative conservation planning initiative for the black-tailed prairie dog ecosystem that stretches across North America’s Great Plains. Because prairie dogs are keystone species of North America’s central grasslands, their conservation and management often lies at the core of many conservation efforts across the region. Through mapping and ecological modelling, we are working to identify potential landscapes for conservation that will consider ecological, political, and social factors, along with changing climate and land use to maximize long-term conservation potential and co-existence with human activities. Here, we will report on our habitat suitability model for the black-tailed prairie dog and landscapes we have identified to have high conservation potential for the black-tailed prairie dog ecosystem. About the speaker: Dr. Ana Davidson (http://anadavidson.weebly.com/) is a Research Scientist at the Colorado Natural Heritage Program at Colorado State University (CSU) and a Joint Faculty member in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at CSU. Her research centers on biodiversity conservation, spanning multiple scales, from local field-based ecology to landscape ecology and global-scale macroecology. Much of her work focuses on species that play large and important ecological roles, such as burrowing mammals and large herbivores, that shape and transform ecosystems and are central to the conservation of associated species.